Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 15974

Maternity Pay

Tabled: 25 November 2024

Answered: 3 December 2024

Question

Alex Easton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support the parents of (a) twins and (b) other multiple births; if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional maternity pay t

Answer

Andrew Western

The DWP wants new mothers to be able to take time away from work in the interests of their own and their baby’s health and wellbeing. That is why maternity pay is primarily a health and safety provision for pregnant working women and is paid for each preg...

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